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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-03

The effect of the prohibitory laws of Maine
and Vermont is very strikingly shown by
some figures collated from the last report of
the Internal revenue department by Mr.. A.
w. Paine, and published in letter to the
Bangor Wing. 1t appears from that report
that the total amount Of taxes collected dur
Ing the year from the manufacture and sale
Of spirituous and malt liquors was $SS, 1885,
997, which sum, according to the last census,
would average $1.76 for every inhabitant in
the United States. As divided out among
the several States this average varies. Mas
sachusetts with population of 1,7S3,0S5 paid
81, S72, 222; New Hampshire with 346, 991 paid
$500, 1888; New York with 5,0S2,sn paid 49,,
o57, 229 and Illinois with S,077,S71 paid S22,-
504, POS and so on with other States in like
proportions except Maine and Vermont. III
Maine had been required to pay her ratable
proportion, it would have amounted to the
sum of $1,1421 27, but instead of that she
paid the small sum of $2S,S56, and Vermont
paid only S14,52O which was in the same pro-
portion as Maine. The percentage of tax
paid by all the States as already stated was
$1.76 to each inhabitant for such liquor tax
eS. In Massachusetts the pro rata tax was
S1.05, in New Hampshire S1.03, in Connecti-
cut .55, in Rhode Island 80, in New York
S1.ss, in New Jersey $1.3O, in Pennsylvania
S115. in Ohio 1914, in Illinois S73l. and so
Of other States in like proportion. The per-
centage in Maine and Vermont was, in both
alike cents to each inhabitant. the largest
proportion of which was probably paid by
apothecaries, druggists and hotel keepers.
Mr.. Paine thinks these figures show con-
clusively that prohibition prohibits. 1t will
be well to bear in mind however that good
deal Of liquor is brought into the State from
other States and therefore that these figures
are not so conclusive as to the amount of
liquor drunk in this State.as to the amount
sold.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-03

the shelf with the luxuries. Since the
days of extensive gambling in the
provision exchanges of New York and
Chicago the householder has become
wonted to sudden and unexpected fuctua-
tions in the necessaries Of life. corner"
has explained them all. But there is some
thing more than "corner" responsible for
the rise in coffee. The great supplies of cot
fee come from Brazil, Java, Ceylon and My
sore. The success or failure of the crops in
those regions affect the coffee market as the
success or failure of the wheat crops Of
America and India affect the wheat market
Should the wheat crops of both America and
india fail the same year the result would be
very marked. 1t so happens that in all the
great coffee producing regions, with one or
two exceptions, the crops this year are poor
In Brazil, the crop which has just been gath
cred is estimated to be only half the usual
amount; in Java there is likewise a short
age and in Ceylon leaf disease has reduced
the productions one half. This Same leaf
disease has devastated the fields of Java,
and, as in Ceylon. has thwarted all efforts to
extripate 1t. In Mysore, in Upper British
luuia, WhSlO luO ulSucSb pliSCu SoiSS AZ
| produced, the leaf disease has not yet APP
| pearsd; neither has it been seen in Brazil.
Should it become in these countries such
scourge as it is in Ceylon and Java, coffee,
| like champagne, might become the beverage
of the rich only. Besides misfortunes to the
| crops this year, there is another reason for
the advance in price. 1t is said that the sup
ply of coffee has not kept pace with the de-
mand Under ordinary conditions the sup.
| ply OF an agricultural product may be reck-
oned on to keep pace with the demand, but
in the case of coffee the great demand i,
with the stirring ambitious people of the
west. while the supply is with the indolent
and unambitious natives Of the Orient or Of
tropical Brazil. SO ii is quite natural that
the demand should exceed the supply, ever
though the seasons and the leaf disease dc
not blast the coffee farmers hopes.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-03
CURRENT COMMENT.
CLEVELAND AND THE PAPERS.

IlsEN ELANO AMI IhE GAgEl.S.
springfield Union.1
As far as observed, there is only one Demo-
cratic paper in the country that is in real,
downright earnest for the denomination of
President Cleveland. That is the New York
Star, which is built that way.
RAILROADS AND POLITICS.
boston Transcript
The New Hampshire Legislature is going
to have big railroad fight on its hands al
most as soon as it meets. The contestants
will be the Concord Railroad with a large
Republican following on one side and the
Boston q Maine with the Democrats as solid
as Frank Jones and Alvah w. Sulloway can
make them, on the other. There is queer
mixture of politics and railroad business in
New Hampshire such as is seen in few other
Northern States, and the syndicate which
will lead the Boston d Maine forces at Con-
cord is making its influence felt in Massa-
chusetts. On the street it is said that it has
inspired the rapid expansion of the Boston
g. Maine from a local road into a gigantic
corporation that threatens to monopolize the
transportation system of northern and east
ern New England.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-03
$4,000

All orders through the
careful
at these making have cut 300 on one
beautiful styles from
ranging price from 5000 up solid Ch
$4,000. $1,000 $4,000
We to
the prices from $4,000 to $4,000
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-03

The Presbyterian Assembly has been Wig
orously discussing the question of church
music consequent upon complaint against
"a church at Keokuk, Iowa, that it was using
an organ. The discussion lasted through
several sessions, and ended with decision
that there was no law Of the Presbyterian
church forbidding instrumental music, and
therefore that there had been no violation of
law in the pending case.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-03

British Columbia joins Manitoba and the
Maritime Provinces in the cry of discomfort
with the Dominion Government. Her griev-
ance is similar to that of Manitoba. She
wants free trade with California, for her
natural market is San Francisco. She is not
satisfied either with her present railroad IA
cilities, bat the Dominion Government is not
likely to allow her to disturb the field Of the
Canadian Pacific. That road must be sup
ported by monopoly Of the freight traffic,
whether the Provinces along its western
length like or not. To build it the credit of
the government is deeply pledged should it
fail to prosper the result would be very dis
astrous to the Dominion.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-03
SPECIAL SALE
Pine, Ash, Cherry, Walnut, Oak, Mahogany
CHAMBER SETS!
READ AND Remember.

Black Walnut Chamber Set with best Italian Marble TOPS and
Portland State the Unon We are 70 sell
looking for Chamber c ana see
edsd
foetb0ard
long drawers one medium length
giving substantial massive the gass
carved bar and The bese plate itself 50 20 s
cabinet side; and the Chairs Of the set are solid
Rocker
hIy wellm made the latest styles, for
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-03
TUE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 8.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
ncations. The name and address of the writer
are in all cases indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but as guarantee Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-03

1t is much easier to dismiss Senator Sher-
mans speech with sneer about the bloody
shirt" than it is to answer it. That is the
reason why the Democratic papers adopt the
former course. When Mr.. Sherman asserts
that but for the suppression by violence and
fraud of the Republican vote at the South
Mr.. Blaine would be President instead of
Mr. Cleveland does any Democratic paper
undertake to deny his assertion? Not at all.
They merely yell in concert 'bloody shirt!'
That is all the answer they make. 1t is all
they can make. They have no desire to cor
rect the evil, because on the continuance Of
it the success Of their party depends So
they evade the question and seek to throw
dust in the people's eyes by shouting Bloody
shirt"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-03

The Massachusetts Senate has passed a
resoiye to submit a prohibitory constitution
al Amendment to the people. The resolve is
pretty certain to be killed in the House
however where two thirds vote is neces-
sarY TO pass it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-03
$780,

said not trying get the value this set let alone
the line Of Fans sdrr NE s sO%e
search need Of Walnut set and wish 70 p SpGa
will
the
beautifully
latest style
with $55OO sell
II IastSf for
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-03

BY "a popular vote of ,791 to 127,474 the
Swiss people have turned over to their gov
eminent the sole right to manufacture and
sell spirituous liquors. The intention Of
this arrangement is tolstay the terrible in
crease of Drunkenness that has been going
on in the cantons. The object that the
Swiss have in mind is the promotion Of tenn
perance by diminishing the quantity of liq-
nor consumed while at the same time secur-
ing the purity Of what is consumed. OF the
experiment two things may be predicted: the
liquor will undoubtedly be better and the
saloons will be fewer and more decently
kept The effect of these conditions upon
the habits of the people will be another and
separate feature of the experiment which it
will be interesting to watch.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-03
PARLOR FURNITURE.

4s5 Crushed Mohair Plush Parlor Suit pieces We shall make
manufacture att The whole be covered Crimson
this
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putting Diyan instead Of two Parlor
cash, So month
this
in a comb a Crushed Plush for
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-03

Annual Meeting.

TIIHE Stockholders Of the Portland, SaeO ana
IL Portsmouth Railroad Company, are hereby
notified that their Annual Meeting for the choice
of Directors for the ensuing year, and for the
transaction Of such other business as may legally
be presented, will be held on the FIRST MON
DAY, the sixth day of june 1887, at eleven o'clock
in the forenoon in the Company's Hall, near the
station, In Kittery.
BY order OF the Directors.
II. II. BARRETT Clerk Of the Company.
Portland, May 10, 1887. myIOeOdfd
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CARPET DEPARTMENT.
BABY CARRIAGES

everbody beautiful stock hand Of the
we do know any we have sold more
made the prices lowers rate manufacturers gave
have another load the celebrated
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fail bargains that
right And will sell Chamber Set
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new PERFECTION REFR|GERATORS


Perfection
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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18

Tho Capts;n assigned me and my
partner to 60 with him Twas y little
suspicious at first, and. to prevent any
possible escape. handcufftd him to
myself He didn't mind it bit. but
walked along with us and talked
about how long he'd serve in the pcni-
Tertiary and Of his family. and got
80 soft altogether that we took pity on
him and treated him to couple Of
drinks ON the way. We finally reached
the place. which was a high four
story tenement in very tough neigh
borhood. 1t was very late or rather
very early in the morning. and there
was no one stirring. We went into
the dark hall and climbed the steep
stairs. 1t was rather ticklish, I tell
you. and had my hand on my pistol
all the way up. We went into =
room on the third floor that was half
lumber room and half bedroom. He
said the stuff was in some filthy boxes
under bed in further corner of the
room. We officers didn't like the idea
of getting our clothes ruined. So Inn.
fastened the bracelets AMI told him
to get the property out
He grumbled little aud then be Sau
to move away the trunks, barrels and
boxes that were pilel together. He
worked fast. and in two minutes had
cleared passag,-way under the bed
into which he crawled. All of sud-
den he stopped working. and I sup
posed he was getting his wind back. !
waited a minute and asked him what
the matter was and got no answer.
We were puzzled and began to be
afraid he had tainted. After another
minute or two we began to clear away
the heavy rubbish ourselves. and fin-
ally succeeded in moving the bed out
from the wall. There was no one
there, but there was small trap
door through the floor into the room
below, by which he had escaped after
filling his pockets with the contents OF
an empty valise we found beneath the
bed. We never laid hands upon
him again. bat got the story back in
side of q week from some New York
officers who heard it from one of
Johnson's pals. Cor. Philadelphia
PrcSS
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18
Women's Admission to English COL
leges.

Rev. Frederick Denison Maurice. to
whom Tennyson addressed one of his
most beautiful minor poems. and who
was famed for his good works. was the
first person to give the impetus to
modern female education on the course
where since then it has SO bodily adj
vanccd. Dissatisfied with the qualifi-
cations of the teachers found for girls,
he looked into the subject and agitated
it. became convinced that something
more was due to the mothers of En-
gland than mere instruction in the ele-
ments. in morality, and in superficial
accomplishment. and was the means Of
the ultimate chartering of Queen Col
lego. which was followed by Bedford
College. both of which were eventually
followed by the throwing open of the
gates of Oxford and Cambridge to
women for examinations examine
tons which generously allowed women
to pass on their requirements 1t they
could, without at first :ffording them
any of the means of study in order to
make themselves able to pass.
The outcome of all this was the op'
ening of Hitchin College. whose name
was afterward changed to Girton. Of
sweet g:r:-graduate fame, and the es-
Enlistment of corresponding advan-
tages at Cambridge. all of which leaves
England still in advance ofthis country
in the educational opportunities offered
to women. What the advantage to be
derived from all this effort is to be. ii
may take the whole of q century. OF
three generations. to show us. But
that it can not but result in the eleva'
ton of woman. and SO of the whole
of humanity with her. is earnestly
believed by those who are most inter
ested in the mattcr.-,Hdrpefs Bosor
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18
SUFFRAGE AND THE EIBLE.

. OiviaC Authority to Sustain tho Cause OF
Woman Suffrage.
Opponents of woman suffrage. says
Rec j. W. Bashford. generally 60 back
. as far rs Genesis for arguments. but
even then they do not go back far
>cunigh. They stop with true account
Of a false relation into which man and
svoman were thrown by sin. and quote
CHS account as the original charter for
,l,nukind: 'Thy desire shall be to thy
Elhs!,and and he shall rule over thee
III they will only 60 back to the crea
tion of Adam and Eve. and to their nat
lrM and divine relation before the
fill they will fail to find a sentence
which hints at tho subOrdination of
woman. Woman was not made in
Man's image. neither was the dominion
Of the world committed to him alone.
ON the contrary. the record plainly
ssays: "in the image of God created he
Aim. and God said: "Lct them have
dominion over all the earth.
Now when Adam and Eve descended
from the sphere of spirituality to the
animal sphere. when x,ey turned from
~ iifc Of faith to follow appetite, God
said to man that even nature should
rebel against his animal life: The
earth shall bring forth thorns and
zhistlcs." Tho history of every drunk
ard and man Of lust proves that nature
fights against him. and confirms the
a,tpphecy. And God said to woman
shst in this lower animal life with man
she, would be constantly worsted:
-rIHy desire shall be to thy husband
s,..d he shall rule over thee" Six
thousand years OF history have proved
lhc terrible truth of this prophecy.
And yet this declaration of woman's
ACCOMPLISHMENTS docs not belong
at all to the account of her original Gre
.stion. and which is directly due to SIN.
aud which We see sprang from the
very nature Of the two and from the
sinful contest on which they then en-
Sfered-is quoted repe atedly rs the d.
vino declaration of the ideal state Of
the sexes. and we are constantly told
that any attempt to change it is q VIC
5ation of the divine constitution. As
we'll might one declare that the thorns
and briers which God said the earth
:si.ould bring forth. o" account Of
sMan's sin. are an expression VI the
ideal attitude of nature toward man.
and that we violate the divine consti.
tuition in tilling the soil and improv.
ing its products
Again. tho whole effort of Christ was
ITO restore to mankind what was lost in
Adam. ''for as in Adam all die. so in
Christ shall all be made alive" l
Christianity is completely to restore
THAT which was lost in Adam. how car
at stop short Of completely abolishins
atAe subordination Of women, which
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18
CLEVER MIKE JOHNSON.
A Brooklyn Detective Tells How He Wa
Duped by the Noted Burglar.

A Brooklyn Detective Tells How He Was
Duped by the Noted Burglar.
Yes, criminals are very clever at
times" said Detective Kelly. of the
Brooklyn police. $50 clever that they
pull the wool over the eyes of the most
experienced officers. l dan't mind
telling how Mike johnson. the burglar.
once played us all for all we were
worth and secured his liberty and
booty at the same time. Twas patrol
ing one night when l heard some one
scream Police! Thieves! ran to-
ward the sound and saw man COM
ing toward me at FULL speed. carrying
bundle. He saw me most as soon ~
| did him. and turned down a side
street. I followed. but finding that he
was a faster runner than L drew my
pistol and fired, more to raise an alarm
than to injure the fellow: He didn't
brighten ut all. but The shots were sue
cessful, as they brought my neighbor
to the scene. and we had no trouble
in capturing the man. He refused to
answer any questions ON our
way to the statiOn-house, and
on his arrival preserved his
policy of silence. Sc far as any
Of us knew We had never seen him
before. and so put him down for New
York thief. He and the bundle were ex-
aminea and lot of jewelry found in
his possession. He was locked up
.-Jnhnson hadn't been in the cell five
minutes before he said he would like to
speak with the Captain. The latter
was on duty at the desk and told me
to bring him in. He came in looking
nervous, screwed his mouth into q
grin and said: Cap. if l confess to you
and show you where the rest Of The
stolen stuff is will you and Judge
Moore make it easy for mel o.
course you've got me dead to rights
aud l want to get on. Of it as easy n
possible.
1.-The Captain said: I'll do all I car
ard I can answer for Judge Moore.
He always lets mp on . crook with 9
light sentence who sqceals and gives
the authorities no trouble
".All right said the thief send
'wo officers with Inc and I II take then
70 room where Eve go: the stuff pul
away.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18

rSad bending back and forth. and with
some what milder scenery. is the TO
verso of the ascent. The train rolls on.
and now darkness comes upon us Our
road lay through a gorge described -
'.grandcr, deeper, darker. and yes
moro beautiful than we had 30 recent
" passed through" Il is called tho
black canyon. Sitting or standing
upon the back platform Of our car We
were quite able to sec the majestic out
hines of this great gorge. Waterfalls.
the swiftly-fowing river. the lofty and
precipitous rocks reaching out their
arms rs if to crush us in their emu
brace. the Currccani Mcclellan alb
rupt and isolated pinnacle. symmetrical
and gracefnl-arc all discerDible in tho
darkness. which lends to each charm
Of its own. The morning light finds
us on the great plains.
An awful q terrible desert. Its
desolation is simply indescribable. 1t
extends for more than one hundred
miles between the Grand and the
Green rivers. and while dreary and
somewhat mOnOtOnOus. Is by no means
uninteresting. On the right and left
are arid wastes Of land, bearing here
and there the scantie 1t possible growth
of worthless weeds The hills in color
and in their wrinkled surface remind
one of the hides of some gigantic eie-
plant The buttes. with thin, level
tops. PERCEPTIONS faces and barren ap-
pearance. rise continually on either
side. In the Green river valley irri-
CATION has begun to change the barren
ness into fruitfulness. Onward We
speed up the ascent Of the Wasatch
range. through Castle Gate. whose
warders are the great rocks which
stand Mt its entrance, up the Price
river canyon. down which Sydney
Johnston marched his army home
from Utah after he had established the
authority of our Government over the
Mormon rebels.-COr. Chicago Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-08-18
UNRlVALED SCENERY.

INDISPENSABLE Grandeur OF tho Grand Can
yon Of the Arkansas and the Plains.
The Grand Canyon Of the Arkansas
exccls in majesty any scene which it
has yet been our privilege to look upon.
How many ages or centuries or thou
sands of years the remorseless river
was engaged in cutting its way through
these everlasting mountains is mat
ter of conjecture. The channel Of the
river Cat this point not large one)
pursues tortuous way for many miles
between the lofty rocks. which it's
ceaseless cravings have severed. The
solid walls. rising sometimes almost
perpendicularly ID the height Of eleven
hundred feet. the winding course Of the
canyon apparently closing lis in =
doorless prison. the skylight seeking
to penetrate the depths of the abyss.
and a splashing rain, all added to the
beauty. the grandeur, the terror. the
excitement, and the pleasure Of the
occasion. Our good engine. with re-
markable ease and speed, climbing
up the grade on the background Of the
enormous rocks. looked like speck.
a dot, a child's plaything. 1.-THE
Royal Gorge" as it is called. is the
elimination of the canyon. Here is
scarcely room for the river alone. but
mans ingenuity has overcome NATURE s
Instructions, and well-used thor
oughfare is the result Emerging from
the canyon the road follows the Arkan.
sas river to Salida- On our left are the
snow-covercd peaks of Sangre de Girls.
to, Spanish name meaning the '.BloOd
of Christ" Here we leave the river
and begin to climb and scale the heights
of Marshall Pass over the great cont
mental divide.
We wind along the mountain sides.
rising higher and higher. Our train
is divided into two sections Looking
upward we see now line Of earth
which marks the course Of the road
now the first section of our train ap
pears. leading us half a mile. Looking
DOWN. ard we see the course We have
come: now one, now two. now three
sections of the road appear ut once,
tier above tier. Looking outward WI
see the great slopes Of the majestic
mountains and the recesses OF the val
leys. The Rockies seem to open the
doors of their secret chambers and te
reveal to us their hidden beauties.
At length, on the very summit. in 8
long snsw-shed. through many Of
which we have passed. our painting
putting engine. like tired and over
burdencd animal. stops in its course
as if to gather strength for the struggle
before it in carrying its load down OF
the other side. We are 1O.S78 fee
(more than two miles) abeye the leve
of the sea.
The descent with the loops of thu